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Neto, Agostinho

Born Sept. 17, 1922, in Icolo-e-Bengo, Luanda District, Angola. Major figure of the liberation movement of Angola; poet.

Neto was the son of a Protestant clergyman from the Kimbundu tribe. In 1958 he graduated from the faculty of medicine of the university in Coimbra, Portugal, after which he took part in the Angolan people’s liberation struggle against the Portuguese colonizers. In 1962 he became president of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), a party that was founded in 1956. In November 1975 he became president of the People’s Republic of Angola. Neto began writing poetry in 1947. He is the author of the collections Poems (1961, in Portuguese) and Dry Eyes (in Italian, 1963; in Portuguese, 1969). He has received the Lotus Prize from the Permanent Bureau of Afro-Asian Writers (1970).

WORKS

In Russian translation:
In Stikhi poetov Afriki. Moscow, 1958.
In Vzgliadom serdtsa. Moscow, 1961.
In Zdes’ i trava roditsia krasnoi. Moscow, 1967.
S sukhimi glazami. Moscow, 1970.

REFERENCES

Nekrasova, L. V. “Poeziia Angoly i Mozambika.” In the collection Literatura stran Afriki. Moscow, 1964.
Riauzova, E. A. Portugaloiazychnye literatury Afriki. Moscow, 1972. [17–1561–2; updated]

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Dos Santos's three decades at the helm of the oil-rich nation come four days after an annual public holiday celebrating his predecessor, Angola's first president Agostinho Neto, which included parties and educational seminars.

Angola discreetly marks Dos Santos' 30 years in power by AFP / AFP Global Edition

With the death of Agostinho Neto, poet, intellectual and man of letters and the first president of the Republic of Angola, Jose Eduardo dos Santos was elected president of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) on Sept.

Angola - Angola's Decision-Makers - Dos Santos by APS Review Downstream Trends

The 480 had arrived in the country a few weeks earlier in response to a request by the MPLA leader, Agostinho Neto.

Castro of Africa: ... his life and work are a challenge to the ... by Ankomah, Baffour / New African